WINTER 2008
Generation Green
Call them the “Inconvenient Truth” generation: they’re young, informed, and ready to put their talent to work to change the world.
Mad Peaceful
Through our partnership with Eagle Eye Institute and YouthBuild, urban youth discover a greener – and wider – world.
Notes from the Fields
City teens chronicle their summer as farmers and unearth the unexpected joy of hard work, bugs, teamwork – and eating vegetables, even when they don’t have to.
The Big Backyard
Kids on a Quest discover the nooks and crannies of the Crane Estate and capture their discoveries in rhyme (what a great time)!
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FALL 2008: Celebrating 100 Special Places
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Doyle Reservation – NO. 66
The community is helping to set the agenda for the expanded Doyle Reservation and, in the process, showing The Trustees that today’s face of conservation is not necessarily the one that’s reflected in the mirror.
World’s End – NO. 46
World’s End was one of the most threatened landscapes on the coast, until friends and neighbors mobilized to save it – one letter, one phone call, one dollar at a time.
Little Tom Mountain – NO. 93
When a beloved local ski area closed, The Trustees joined forces with conservation partners and the Boys & Girls Club of Greater Holyoke to save the community’s backyard landscape.
Ward Reservation – NO. 15
John Kimball continues to support his family’s 78-year legacy to The Trustees and the public: a sanctuary of woodlands, hills, and wetlands in the Merrimack Valley.
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SUMMER 2008
Down on the 200-Family Farm
Across the Commonwealth, farmers and consumers are embracing Community Supported Agriculture and sharing the risks – and delicious rewards – of retail farming.
Sheep Stars & Ruminators
Weir River Farm’s 4-H club gives suburban children (and their parents) a chance to rediscover our rural roots.
Healthy Food, Healthier Community
A fledgling farmers market in a Boston neighborhood offers an oasis in a ‘food desert.’
Words to Eat By
The expanding lingo of food can make a trip to the grocery store feel like a visit to a foreign country. Here’s a crash course in the rapidly evolving language of buying locally.
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SPRING 2008
A Big-Hearted River
People who live and work within the watershed ofthe Westfield River find that making a commitment to this special place brings rich rewards.
It Takes a (Cyber) Village
Welcome to ConservationCommon.org! Get involved in shaping the future of the places you love by joining this innovative and informative Internet community.
Shifting Sands
From the North Shore to Chatham to the Vineyard, storms and rising sea levels are rearranging the shape – and altering the future – of our shorelines.
The Bog-Trotter
Meet a little-known, turn-of-the-century botanist, whose quiet passion for the wetland plants of her northern Berkshires home is a worthy legacy for those who cherish the region today.
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